Jugibur Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Linking an image instead of embedding it, would be useful if you're working on different documents with the same file, i.e. a logo in a design phase. So if you change that logo it will be respected in every file it is linked. Besides that it doesn't increase your Designer file, that could be crucial if you're working with large files and make a lot of versions / copies of your Designer file. I think it's like the new version of the Photoshop Smartobjects (CC version). Would be great if this makes sense to you too and isn't too hard to implement. Thanks! mondze, appuser99, Frankentoon Studio and 12 others 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 14, 2014 Staff Share Posted December 14, 2014 Hi Jugibur, Welcome to Affinity Forums. This was requested a couple of times here in the forums and should be implemented later. Alex_M, artemesia66, Steps and 2 others 5 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adforum Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I second this. Embedding is pretty nice, but linking is very very desirable. I have the same use case as jugibur and i also do miss linking a lot. Any eta on this feature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted December 22, 2014 Staff Share Posted December 22, 2014 It will come soon. No ETA as yet. Frankentoon Studio 1 Quote SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Both embedding and linking are useful... Wiredframe and macalienx 2 Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Sonoma 14.4.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artemesia66 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 +1 for linking files. I frequently place an image in multiple files, and the files are all large because they each embed the image. Also, if the image changes, it has to be manually replaced in each file that contains it--quite a bit of work, and more potential error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDW Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Linked files (external graphics) are often used in Adobe Illustrator CMYK documents. Affinity Designer 1.3.2 does not support Linked files, so when you open an *.ai file that has a linked file, that linked file will be EMBEDDED in Affinity Designer. There are real world advantages to having external graphics though, so I hope AD will add Linked files soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian23 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 +1 for linking files. This also makes especially sense for files which are masked by vector elements and which use adjustment layers. It would be even better to create blank image placeholders which can be filled automatically by drag&drop of multiple files. Reason: When you drop an image file it is inserted at that position at its maximum size and I have to resize it. When I first create some image placeholder, I can drag&drop the images and they will be resized automatically to fit the placeholder. donovanh and JDW 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim2 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 One has to think that linking images option will be in the initial Designer issue and rolled to the other progammes at the same time, any chance of this functionality in a Designer beta before the first Publisher beta? Purely for test purposes you understand... :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandbrilliance Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 It's been over a year and this feature doesn't seem to have made the cut. Any idea when it will be implemented? One of the primary reasons why I'm not switching yet, as embedded files are HUGE, whereas linked designer files are relatively small. Quote BRANDbrilliance • Graphics • Websites • Printing • E-marketing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Publisher will need it, but as Publisher has been delayed, so has this been. It (and Publisher) will come eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexislav Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Related topic is replacing embeded file… so it would keep the dimensions and position, and masking… Hopefully one day it all will eventually come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomek Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Yes, this is definitely needed. I have recently decided to take the plunge and forced myself to work exclusively with Designer and Photo. Until that point I thought that both apps offered pretty good functionality. But since I started using them exclusively I find myself wanting to switch back to Adobe CS because there are so many basic features missing from Affinity apps. I believe in this suite of apps and so I will continue using it as I believe that many of these features are close by. I really do hope that the company will prioritise implementing what many consider essentials over the new and merely interesting. At the same time I appreciate that this suit is being developed as a blank slate trying not to imitate or rely on old techniques. I'm just a little impatient ;-) cheers, -tomek lexislav and Markus Dierolf 2 Quote about.me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teadog Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 +1 for linking external files. In my experience, this is pretty important for professional workflow. Links and symbols are the only two things stopping me from dropping Illustrator. Keep up the great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slayman Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Please add the linking feature very soon. I've been a Adobe user for 25 years and I now use Affinity Photo and Designer as my primary graphics tools. The one big thing that is killing my workflow is the lack of linking external files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I would also really appreciate this feature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cope Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 +1 for the option to link or embed. Quote Windows 11 Pro 64bit ¤ AMD Threadripper 3990x ¤ Nvidia RTX 3090 ¤ 256GB DDR4 Ram ¤ ROG Zenith II Extreme Alpha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 +1 Quote UI Designer, CG Artist Macbook Pro 15" 2014 2.5 Ghz, 750M https://www.behance.net/VladMafteiuScai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketdrive Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 +1 I am in the process of rebuilding the most recent marketing documents (Indesign) for a client in Affinity Designer. The designs heavily rely on linking, especially for the logo and images that are used in multiple instances. While I could live just fine with new _workflows_ involving embedded files, I will have a serious problem with file _sizes_. This is partly because I sync with a cloud service and have limited bandwidth. So instead of maybe one megabyte for a design file, I suddenly end up with 30 or 40 MB. This makes a huge difference with lots of designs. So I would love to see linking implemented. And of course publisher :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vMiKL Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 ++++1 Imperative function please Quote Forum Français Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo : www.affinity-forum.fr Affinity Designer 1.5 / Affinity Photo 1.4 Très impatient d'utiliser Affinity Publisher (Gros utilisateur d'indesign) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eno Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 +1 Being quite impressed by Affinity Designer Beta for Windows, I didn't want to believe this feature has been requested and not implemented since 2014. If you want to be a serious contender, this is a must-have feature I constantly use it in InDesign, Illustrator AND Photoshop as well. bagmetv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jendabek Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 This keeps me from switching... +1000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jendabek Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 +1 Key feature for me when creating textures for 3D - they are made by referencing to multiple base textures that are mixed together to create the final texture. Thanks for implementing this feature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanmiguelrr Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 +1 It's a must to. I used it a lot in Illustrator but not now that I have moved definitely to the Affinity Suite (designer+photo). I miss this functionality. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clara Montseny Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 +1 Please, please, please :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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